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What’s On in Inverness April 2014

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every sun/Mon/Tues & Wed Hootananny - scottish Traditional sessions67 Church st Inverness IV1 1EsJoin us evenings for some Scottish Tra-ditional Music!Featuring a variety of musicians it’s always a great night for locals and visi-tors alike!Visit our website for further details: http://www.hootananny.co.uk

Every DayExhibition - Castle Gallery43 Castle street Inverness IV2 3DuThere are constantly changing exhibi-tions featuring contemporary paintings, sculpture, original hand-made prints, crafts and designer jewellery, working closely with artists to ensure the finest possible selection of works from both established artists and emerging talent. Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Textiles, and Wood. Open Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm Tel: 01463 729512 www.castlegallery.co.uk

Wednesday 9th April untill satur-day 12th April 7.30pm (sat Mati-nee 2.30pm)GAnG sHOW 2014Empire Theatre Eden Court Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAFor over 30 years, the Inverness Area Gang Show has been raising the roof of

Eden Court with its colourful, vibrant and exciting biennial production. This April, the Gang are aiming to hit new heights as they take to the Empire stage. Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk£15.00 / Reduced Rate £10.00 / FAM-ILY TICKET £45 (2 ADULTS+ 2 CHIL-DREN) / Groups 10+ (Get 11 Tickets For The Price Of 10) Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Monday 14th April 7.00pmTuesday 15th April 6.30pmWednesday 16th April 6.30pmnATIOnAL THEATRE COnnEC-TIOns FEsTIVAL 2014Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAONETOUCH THEATRE Here at Eden Court we’re delighted to host the Na-tional Theatre’s Regional Connections Festival and welcome a great mix of youth theatre groups to attend work-shops and deliver a public performance of their chosen script. The Youth Thea-tres taking part are:Aberdeen Arts Centre - ACT AberdeenBadenoch & Strathspey Youth TheatreEden Court Young CompanyNairn Youth TheatreLochaber Youth TheatreSgioba Dràma Òigridh Inbhir NisThurso High SchoolPerth Youth Theatre £6 per evening (sold per night, not per performance)£15.00 festival ticket gain-ing access to all performances

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Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Tuesday 29th April - saturday 3rd May 7.30pm (Matinees 1st and 3rd May 1.30pm)PETER PAn On ICEEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEMPIRE THEATREIce shows are always magical but this spectacular adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale about the boy who never grew up, is really something special.TUES 29 APRIL ALL TICKETS £16.00 WED 30 APRIL & THURS 01 MAY EVES £22.00 / £20.00 / £18.00THURS 01 & SAT 03 MAY MATS £26.00 / £23.00 / £21.00FRI 02 & SAT 03 MAY EVES £26.00 / £23.00 / £21.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

WEEkLy EVEnTs

Every ThursdayTraditional scottish folk sessionThe Waterfront Restaurant & Bar - 70-71 Huntly st, InvernessEvening entertainment at the Water-front Restaurant and Bar is provided every Thursday night with a traditional Scottish folk session performed by Kenny Jamieson (Lead singer Schiehal-lion). There is also entertainment one Saturday a month in July, August and September with local Scottish Ceilidh band Schiehallion.Tel: 01463233870

Every Friday & saturday 9.30pm to 1amMusic nights The Room 73 Queensgate,InvernessMusic Nights, Friday and Saturday nights, with top quality bands play-ing covers from 9.30pm to 1am in the morning. ‘Best live covers music in In-verness’ every Fri and Sat from 10pm, with tribute bands and contemporary Rock Music. Free Internet hotspot. Tel: 01463 233077

Daily Diary Events Friday 4th April 8pmTHE BEAuTIFuL COsMOs OF IVOR CuTLEREden Court Theatre Bishops Rd

Inverness IV3 5sAONETOUCH THEATRE The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler is a musical and visual journey based on the songs, stories and poems of one of Scotland’s most iconic exiles.A true maverick, Ivor Cutler was the only artist to have been played on Ra-dio 1, 2, 3 and 4. He was signed by all the major record labels, influenced the Beatles and was championed by John Peel. £8.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 4th April 8pmROyAL sCOTTIsH nATIOnAL OR-CHEsTRAEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEMPIRE THEATRE Nielsen - Helios OvertureStravinsky - Jeu de cartesVaughan Williams - Symphony No.5Jean-Claude Picard - ConductorAt the heart of the firestorm of World War II, Ralph Vaughan Williams looked around him and saw a vision of peace. Serene, spiritual and heartbreakingly beautiful, Vaughan Williams’ Fifth is quite simply one of the finest sympho-nies ever composed in Britain.Carl Nielsen’s inspiration could barely have been more different: the gentle rise and fall of the sun mirrored in a shimmering blue Aegean Sea. Igor Stravinsky shuffled a deck of cards to devise his playful Jeu de cartes. Listen out for the Kings, Queens and Aces but beware the Joker - he’s wild! Pre-performance talk 19.15 PRICE: £27.50/£25.00/£22.00 Box Office Tel

01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

saturday 5th April 7pmHIGHLAnD DARTs CHALLEnGE @ The Ironworks122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LXThe Highland Darts Challenge returns to The Ironworks for 2014 with 2011 Premier League Champion Gary Ander-son, Wayne Mardell (Hawaii 511) and ‘The Highlander” John Henderson. Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 http://www.ironworksvenue.com/

sunday 6th April 7.30pmGAVIn MARWICk’s JOuRnEyMAn sPECTACuLAREden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAOnETOuCH THEATREFiddle player and composer Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman project has received funding from Creative Scot-land to produce a music book of his self-penned tunes and a double CD of highlights from the book. There are 13 musicians involved on the album, 10 of whom will be appearing on this tour, including:Gavin Marwick, Ruth Morris, Cameron Robson, Bob Turner, Gregor Lowrey: Fraser Fifield, Jonny Hardie, Davy Cattanach, Aaron Jones, and Claire Mann£16.00 / Reduced Rate £14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

sunday 6th April sarah Millican - Home Bird Empire Theatre Eden Court Thea-tre On this, her third national tour, you will learn what to take on a dirty weekend, the easiest way to blend in in posh restaurants and how to teach a pensioner to swear. Join her for some hilarious domestic bliss. £26.00 http://www.eden-court.co.uk/

Wednesday 9th April MORAy PIAnO COMPETITIOn WInnER’s RECITALEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAPiano Recital by Donata VaitkutAs in past years, Inverness Chamber Music is pleased to welcome the winner of the annual Moray Piano Competition which is held in Elgin every November. Lithuanian pianist Donata Vaitkut, who is currently studying under Aaron Shorr at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, £13.00 / U18s, Students, Benefit Hold-ers £4.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 11th April 7pmTWO’s COMPAny - sQA HIGHER DRAMAEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEnjoy a selection of scenes from clas-sical theatre or contemporary Scot-tish texts as our talented SQA Higher

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Drama students perform extracts from their acting exams. £3.00 / Reduced Rate £2.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

saturday 12th April 11am and 2.30pmTHE sECRET LIFE OF suITCAsEsEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAONETOUCH THEATREBy Lewis Hetherington and Ailie CohenLarry works at the Suitcase Station, and he likes it very much. Every day he inspects funnels and fixes pipes. And of course, he collects and sorts out eve-ryone’s secrets as they arrive from all over the world. There are so many of them! But he’s very good at his job and manages to keep them all safe. Until one day, a secret escapes - and Larry has to go on a mission to get it back...£5.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

saturday 12th AprilMACFLOyDThe Ironworks 122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LXMacFloyd (Scottish Pink Floyd) return to the Ironworks with a new show look-ing back over the career of Pink Floyd- spanning almost 30 years. The show will be a varied mix of Floyd classics covering this timeless music from 1967 to 1994 including material from among others “Wish you were here”, “Animals, “The Wall” and “The Division Bell” al-bums Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 http://www.ironworksvenue.com/

sunday 13th April 7.30pmFOsTER & ALLEnEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAFor over three decades Foster and Allen have been entertaining audiences all over the world and performing all their hits including A Bunch Of Thyme, Mag-gie, After All These Years, Old Flames, I Will Love You All My Life and many more. Their music and easy listening sound remains as fresh and exciting as ever and they love performing live. £21.50 / Reduced Rate £19.50 Box Of-fice Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

sunday 13th April 8:00PM Gilded Balloon Comedy CircuitOne Touch Theatre Eden Court Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sALet some of the best stand ups on the UK circuit tickle your funny bone at our regular comedy night brought to us by the Gilded Balloon. The line up for the coming months features, in no particu-lar order: Scott Agnew , Ashley Storrie, Kai Humphries, Ray Bradshaw, Michael Redmond, Rob Deering, JoJo Suther-land, Wayne Mazadza, and Vladimir McTavish.The Gilded Balloon have been at the cutting edge of comedy talent for over 25 years and they’re also the people who bring us the Happyness Festival each May - this year the festival runs from 22nd - 25th May and we can’t wait. The line up’s still being finalised but keep an eye on www.happy-ness.co.uk for updates.Seat prices:£12.00 Tel: 01463 234234/www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 18th AprilLecture - 1715 three centuries on; A missed opportunity or forlorn hope? nTs Visitor Centre CullodenJoin Historian John Sadler for the an-nual NTS/1745 association lecture. This year we will be exploring the 1715 Jacobite rising. The Jacobite rising of 1715 (also re-ferred to as The ‘Fifteen or Lord Mar’s Revolt), was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart (also called the Old Pretender) to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.For more information: Call 0844 493 2159 http://www.nts.org.uk/culloden/

Friday 18th April saturday 19th April 7.30pmFACTOR 9Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAONETOUCH THEATREIn association with Profilteatern And Umea 2014 European Capital of CultureSet against the backdrop of the tainted blood products scandal affecting thou-sands of haemophiliacs worldwide, Fac-tor 9 is a visceral horror story of human survival and a cry for justice in the face of a medical industrial nightmare.£14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

saturday 19th April 7.30pmBAGs OF ROCkThe Ironworks 122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LXGlasgow’s BAGS OF ROCK fuse cutting-edge heavy rock with The Great High-land Bagpipe. Delivering high energy performances with an infectious convic-tion to their art, BAGS OF ROCK have created a trail blazing musical combina-tion which takes this new genre to the next level. Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/

sunday 20th April 7.00pmIROnWORks EAsTER sHOWCAsEThe Ironworks 122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LXThe Line up features eight of the best emerging acts in the region and will be delivered in partnership with goNORTH who will programme one of the slots from their showcase list to be an-nounced shortly.Acts confirmed so far include: Lionel, Schnarff Schnarff, Susanna Wolfe, Paul MacIver & Lauren Mackenzie, Dylan Tierney and Cryptic Keys. Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/

Tuesday 22nd April 7pmWednesday 23rd April 10.30amTHE ADVEnTuREs OF ROBIn HOODEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sASomewhere near you there is a band of brothers fighting for justice. They are lean, mean, trained justice fighting machines! Armed with whatever comes their way, nothing is as it seems in this Sherwood Forrest, but one thing is for sure…no rogue is safe! Join interna-tionally acclaimed Visible Fictions for a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood and be prepared to unleash your imagination! £7.00 / SCHOOLS £5.00 ONE TEACHER FREE FOR EVERY 10 PUPILS / GROUPS 4+ £6.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Wednesday 23rd April 7.30pmRyAn kEEnThe Ironworks 122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LX“I have much to say,” sings Ryan Keen on his track Orelia, and it’s true: he

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does have plenty to communicate, but then, he’s packed quite a lot into his first quarter-century. And now he’s coming to tell you his stories. The sing-er-songwriter with the warm, breathy voice, technically virtuosic guitar play-ing style and armful of confessional and/or observational material is about to become your favourite new bard. Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/

Wednesday 23rd April 7.30pmTHE sIMOn AnD GARFunkEL sTORyEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEMPIRE THEATREDirect from London’s West End, award winning actor Dean Elliott (Buddy Holly in Buddy -The Musical) and a full cast of performers tell the compelling story of the greatest music duo of all time in this 50th Anniversary celebration. Using both original photos and film footage, The Simon and Garfunkel Story also features a full live band performing all their hits including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound and many more.£18.00 / Reduced Rate £16.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Thursday 24th April 7.30pmEDDI READER & sPECIAL GuEsTsEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEMPIRE THEATRE Former vocalist with The Fairground Attraction and now highly successful singer-songwriter in her own right, Eddi combines meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism with a dynamic on stage presence. Book now to avoid disappointment! £23.50 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 25th April 7.30pmTHE sCOTTIsH nATIOnAL JAZZ ORCHEsTRA FEATuRInG sPECIAL GuEsT MAkOTO OZOnE Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAEMPIRE THEATRE As accomplished in classical piano as he is in jazz, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has invited Makoto Ozone to create a vivid re-imagining of Mozart’s 9th piano con-certo. This newly commissioned work

for the SNJO promises to be an excit-ing and enthralling addition to the jazz repertoire and the ideal complement to Tommy Smith’s proven masterpiece, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.£19.00 / Reduced Rate £17.00 / £5.00 for SNJO Youth Card Holders Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 25th April sat 26th April 8pmTHE COnFEssIOns OF GORDOn BROWnEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAONETOUCH THEATREThis Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London West End smash hit, hilari-ously exposes the darkest secrets of being Prime Minister, the stab-in-the-back plottings, the betrayals and most importantly - the hair gel. In a candid portrait of life inside Downing Street Gordon at last reveals what it takes to knife your way to the top and rule a nation. £17.00 / Reduced Rate £15.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

saturday 26th April 7.30pmABBAMAnIAThe Ironworks 122b Academy st Inverness IV1 1LXIf you’re looking for an excuse to party, reminisce or simply be entertained by the best music there has ever been, then ABBA MANIA is for you! Join in and enjoy all of your favourites includ-ing: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Danc-ing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes, It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/

saturday 26th April 7.30pmInVERnEss CHORAL: MEn-DELssOHn -ELIJAHEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAElijah has been a favourite oratorio with singers and audiences since it was written for and premiered at the Birmingham Festival in 1846. The music reflects Mendelssohn’s love of the cho-ral works of Bach and Handel, and the work depicts various events in the life of the Biblical prophet, Elijah.It is some years since Inverness Choral Society last performed Elijah, but, with

a strong line-up of soloists, a choir of 130 singers, and the support of the In-verness Choral Sinfonia, this is sure to be an evening of great music-making. £16.00 / Students & U16s £8.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

sunday 27th April 7.30pmI, ELIZABETHEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAAdapted & performed by Rebecca Vaughan Directed by Olivier Award win-ner, Guy Masterson. The year is 1568: At a vital crossroads in history a young Queen steps from the shadows to unburden herself of her many troubles and reveal her innermost thoughts on marriage, succession, religion, war, and the challenges to her throne. But time is against her... £12.50 / Reduced Rate £10.50 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Monday 28th April 8pmFormbyEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5sAPerformed and Written by Ewan WardropA funny, touching and thoughtful play of an ordinary man with an extraordi-nary talent. Featuring many of Form-by’s classic hits brilliantly performed live on the Ukulele, including: Blackpool Rock, Leaning On A Lamp-Post, When I’m Cleaning Windows, and many more £16.00 / Reduced Rate £14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk